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Newspaper
Manito Community Express
Location
Manito, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1952
Page
5
A large crowd gathered at Mrs. Arnold Armbrust home for a bridal shower honoring Miss Jane Bender who will wed SFC Carl Armbrust on leave from Korea. Community members listed include neighbors and relatives from Topeka and nearby towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Frye and son of near Havana were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kilefer and Roselyn. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Koke observed their 23rd wedding anniversary Thursday March 6. The Topeka Royal Neighbors met Friday evening at Mrs. Bessie Morris's home. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McCarty Pekin Miss Marvel Lee Strube Bloomington Pfe Glenn Limback Macomb were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strube.
Irvin Smith of Champaign and Marth Smith of Macomb spent the weekend with their father Darland Smith and Will. On Sunday they visited Mrs. Smith at St Frances hospital in Peoria.
Mr and Mrs Herman Sebade and family of near Havana were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Elmer Koke and Cerolena.
Mrs. Henrietta Trimpe and Agnes of Havana welcomed Sunday evening visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Herman Glick Mr. and Mrs. Henry Strube and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Trimpe for a social gathering at their home.
March 14 celebrates Mrs Bert Hill Mrs Geneva Maas Golden and Clyde E Meeker Mrs Kathleen Talbott Griffin Dorothy Singley Sunderland. March 15 honors Bonnie Rankin and Norton Brenner Mrs D W Velde Mrs Lloyd Beebe. March 16 notes John Wilson. March 17 honors Evelyn Beale Timbrook Albert V Moore and Louis G Proehl. March 20 lists Mrs Helen Thompson Mrs Helen Corbett Doughty. March 21 recognizes Merlyn Ethell Kenneth Look.
A sixteenth year wedding anniversary note for Mr and Mrs James M Seelye dated 1917 appears in the society pages, celebrating their union with local readers.
Manito Community Express notes orders for Superior Match Co with or without union label. The item list emphasizes availability and sourcing details for local distribution.
Vibration and power impulses are screened out as the engine is centered and cushioned between new high side mountings. Fisher Body emphasizes styling and build quality with Uni steel construction described as extra strong.
The update highlights 11-inch brake drums for better stopping power and safer, easier stops. Knee Action ride is softened with new shock absorbers for finer control. Twenty six new colors include two-tone options and the De Luxe interiors are color matched.
Mrs. J. H. Heberling, educational chairman for the American Cancer Society, announces the Mason County smoking survey is complete. The national study polled 500000 men to assess smoking's link to lung cancer, interviewing 245 Mason County men aged fifty to sixty nine.
Mrs. Ernest Marshall publicity chairman and Helen Rankin Co Chairman of the Mason County Chapter attended the area meeting March 3 at the Pere Marquette Hotel Peoria. Highlights of the 1952 program were presented by Tom H. Hildebrand state campaign chairman Dr John Rogers executive director of Ill Division and Robert L Krit campaign director.
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